russia-ukraine relations

Here is a Kremlin mouthpiece called Ria Novosti, which lays out Russia’s goals for Ukraine. I very much recommend putting it into Google translate. It is.. eye-opening: https://ria.ru/20220403/ukraina-1781469605.html The title is "What must Russia do with Ukraine". I am not translating the...

Well, where?

https://theconversation.com/ukraine-war-follows-decades-of-warnings-that-nato-expansion-into-eastern-europe-could-provoke-russia-177999 rule 4 violation snipped and quote tags added

Thread continued from here.. As always, feel free to quote from the previous thread. No, it isn't true of most US conflicts. Taking recent examples, nobody relied on Afghanistan for anything, because Afghanistan doesn't produce anything, and isn't even a transit point for anything. Iraq was...

Arnold Schwarzenegger's message (its text may be found here: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/03/schwarzenegger-russia-ukraine-war-message/627100/) was fairly good. But it does contain some approximations and inaccuracies. Perhaps he has been told lies himself. If he was still in...

I've been thinking last few days about the invasion of Iraq and how it relates to Ukraine. We invaded Iraq because of non-existent WMDs, a non-existent nuclear program, and a non-existent connection to Al Qaeda. Why did Russia invade Ukraine? A non-existent connection to Nazism, a...

There are reports in the Jerusalem Post that Russia and Ukraine are negotiating a path to peace, and its a hard one. -Ukraine will have to give up Donbass region. -Pledge that Ukraine will not join NATO. -Military of Ukraine must be reduced in size. Zelensky knows that he has tons of...

Chile with help of IBm tried it. System called Cybersyn based on cybernetics/theory of system. Experiment prematurely terminated by coup. Will it? Inevitable? Russians would love your certainty. Thread continued from here http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=357183

Manufacturing rage with micro-targeting and social media astroturf-roots This discussion is split from the Russia Ukraine war thread where a discussion came up as to what was the harm of RT. The person with that POV didn't think there was any harm in RT as said forumite thought everyone knew it...

In 2014, the US overthrew the democratically elected Ukraine government and installed a neo-Nazi dictator in a CIA led coup. The following Presidents were no better. The current guy Zelenskyy used to be a clown - literally. He's supported by the West because he's completely sold the Ukraine out...

Putin has amassed a very large army on Ukraine's border. They have demanded some very big things. -no more NATO expansion eastward. -no Ukraine membership in NATO. -NATO brings its forces back to 1998 locations. This is some serious stuff. And NATO's response? "**** YOU". Now, if Putin...

"White House press secretary Jen Psaki said intelligence shows Russia is laying the groundwork for invasion by planning a false flag incident, and through a social media disinformation campaign framing Ukraine as an aggressor." US intelligence warns Russia 'laying the groundwork' to invade...

http://www.svt.se/nyheter/utrikes/rysslands-sverigeambassador-vi-har-inte-ockuperat-krim It's bizarre that people somehow get the impression that Russians can be trusted. Even when they are trying to reassure people they can't keep themselves from making the most obvious and outrageous lies...

At least this is the conclusion reached by no less than Russia’s Supreme Court in a ruling of 1st September 2016. The Court has fined with a penalty of 200,000 roubles Vladimir Luzgin, a Russian blogger for having written on his blog “The communists and Germany jointly invaded Poland, sparking...

Foreigners defending Donbass against fascism. Why would foreigners do this... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/24/ukraine-conflict-donbass-russia-rebels-foreigners-fighting Oh wait...definition of fascism probably required in comments.

Monday: John Kerry announces a plan to send additional arms to be to the Baltic States. Tuesday: Putin puts in order for 40 new nuclear ICBMs. Wednesday: NATO hold exercises only 100 miles from Kalingrad Naval Base. Given Russia's recent continued incursions into - or close to - NATO member...

Inspired by the ISIS thread, I thought this article summarized Putin's ambitions and methods pretty well, putting the Ukraine in the context of larger efforts to undo the post cold war settlement...

The previous thread (found HERE) was getting long and unwieldy, so I have opened this continuation thread. As always, the split point is arbitrary and you are free to quote from the previous thread into this one. Not just these days, I've had to put up with it all my life and it's damned...

This is an interesting speculation. Certainly the man (the Tsar) has a psychological deficiency of some sort, but what? http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/02/04/putin-aspergers-syndrome-study-pentagon/22855927/

Reuters) - Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned that tensions between Russia and European powers over the Ukraine crisis could result in a major conflict or even nuclear war, in an interview to appear in a German news magazine on Saturday."A war of this kind would unavoidably lead to a...

Amsterdam to KL Boeing 777 has reportedly crashed in Ukraine near the russian border. 280 passengers and 15 crew. :(

I just read about this conspiracy theory and it struck me it would easily get some takers among the "skeptics" here. * Robert Zubrin, National Review, May 13: Did Putin Plan the Odessa Massacre? He has certainly exploited it Re: the May 2 incident leading to a fire and dozens of deaths at the...

Jews ordered to @Register' in East Ukraine City http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/04/17/jews-ordered-to-register-in-east-ukraine/7816951/

In regards to my post with Uke I have noticed this issue is absent from the conversation from "pro-west" posters here who simply sidestep it at any cost.

I'm wondering why the media isn't talking about how Russia's actions have pretty much KILLED nuclear non-proliferation around the world. After what Russia has done and is doing, no nation will ever again give up their nukes or nuclear ambitions. In 1994, Russia committed to respect Ukrainian...

One of the major power holders in Ukraine's new govt., is called "Svoboda". It means "Freedom" in English. The party's former name, was "The Social-Nationalist Party", which is was purposely close to Hitler National Socialist Party, due to their shared right-wing views of extreme nationalism...

It seems that with each passing day, we are getting ourselves (I speak mainly of the US and our NATO allies) deeper and deeper into this thing, taking positions that will be difficult to intake later, making commitments that we may come to regret. At the same time, the more I learn about...

Some people seem pretty worked up about how bad Russia's recent actions in Ukraine have been. But they haven't pointed to anything Russia's done that actually sounds bad to me. Every report I've seen/heard so far just says the Russian army has moved into Crimea, the Russian-populated part of...

In the credit where credit is due department: Sarah Palin was widely mocked in 2008 for her foreign policy comments on Russia, including her prediction that Russia might someday invade Ukraine. Remember the joke that she could see Russia from her house...

Things seemed to be going peachy with the EU negotiations. Ukrainian leaders boasted that they could sell Russian gas to Europe cheaper than the Russians. But Putin put his boot down. Take the EU carrot, get the Russian stick. So the Ukrainian leaders backed out. Now people are furious and...